A8V Config Without RAID: Possible???

[Robert Nurse]

Hi All,

I'm almost ready to build my A8V/3500+ system. I'm still waiting for
my SATA drives. I hope this isn't too dumb a question. But, is it
possible to use the two drives without RAID? I'd like to put the OS
and system apps on one drive and apps/data on the other. Looking
through the manual there doesn't seem to be anything on this config.
The closest thing I see to what I want is JBOD. But even there, JBOD
will see both drives as just one big one.

Thanks.

 

[Chris Catt]

Hi, that's how I'm running it. I have a 80g Maxtor on one channel and a 20g
Maxtor on the other. it is better to use the Via Sata as it enables you to
disable the promise controller in the bios, thus making bootup times
quicker.
Chris C

 

[John Hollingsworth]

Hi All,

I'm almost ready to build my A8V/3500+ system. I'm still waiting for
my SATA drives. I hope this isn't too dumb a question. But, is it
possible to use the two drives without RAID? I'd like to put the OS
and system apps on one drive and apps/data on the other. Looking
through the manual there doesn't seem to be anything on this config.
The closest thing I see to what I want is JBOD. But even there, JBOD
will see both drives as just one big one.

Thanks.

Set promise SATA as IDE in BIOS.

John

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[Milleron]

Hi All,

I'm almost ready to build my A8V/3500+ system. I'm still waiting for
my SATA drives. I hope this isn't too dumb a question. But, is it
possible to use the two drives without RAID? I'd like to put the OS
and system apps on one drive and apps/data on the other. Looking
through the manual there doesn't seem to be anything on this config.
The closest thing I see to what I want is JBOD. But even there, JBOD
will see both drives as just one big one.

No, no, JBOD doe NOT mean that the controller or OS will see both
drives as one big one. JBOD means just separate drives that happen to
be run by a RAID controller instead of a conventional IDE controller.
JBOD is definitely the setup option you're looking for. Go for it.

Ron

 

[Kevin Lambert]

Raid is optional. You can turn off both of the Raid bios'